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When you’re running a young company or startup – whether you’re a small business owner or just part of the management team – it’s not always obvious what you need to focus on from a Human Resources perspective. After all, HR is a wide topic, taking in employment law, employee performance, company policies, employee engagement… these are pretty specialised subjects, and it can be hard to know where (or how…) to get started on your own. The good news is that a lot of small businesses don’t need a fully-fledged HR department, or even someone working on HR full-time if your team is still quite small. Instead, there are a number of HR basics that you can put in place on your own. This will give you the solid foundations your company needs while it’s growing and can push back the point at which you need to think about outsourcing your HR or bringing in a full-time HR professional. In this post, we’ve set out the top 5 HR basics for small businesses, giving you everything you need to put in place some great HR foundations. 1. Make sure your small business is legally secure The first step on this
